Donmar Warehouse, LondonWhen an Egyptian orchestra accidentally tips up in a sleepy Israeli backwater, lives are changed in the quietest of ways 'Nothing is as beautiful as something you did…
Marylebone theatre, LondonPeter Oswald's take on Friedrich Schiller's unfinished tragedy shows Russia's recurrent turn towards tyranny When Friedrich Schiller died aged 45 in 1805, he left n…
Misogynist gags? Ancient puns? Unethical bed tricks? Theatre-makers discuss how they tackle the Bard's trickier works Earlier this year, I spoke to the actor Natasha Magigi, a regular at Sha…
Chichester Festival theatreJenna Russell stars in Alan Ayckbourn's exploration of mental illness with an accomplished cast of supporting characters ably adding to the anguish It's clear from…
Park theatre, LondonA mourning woman looks back on her life in Martin Sherman's ethereal yet uneven drama about history, heritage and memory Rose doesn't believe in the future. It's hard to …
Coliseum, LondonChoreographer Alexei Ratmansky and a company featuring exiled dancers deliver a moving production with an urgent tone This production is little short of a miracle. The United…
Sadler's Wells, LondonA crusader and a Saracen have a fateful encounter in this richly layered work by Shobana Jeyasingh Dance, set to Monteverdi and a plangent score by Syrian-American comp…
The Studio, EdinburghShihya Peng and Marco di Nardo bicker ceaselessly through movement in a child-friendly exploration of cultural misunderstanding Will these two dancers find any common gr…
Zoo Southside, EdinburghThe sweat and the groove are all that matters in Emma Martin's mesmerising dance sequences, which capture the power of getting lost in your own rhythms Sweat pools, h…
Underbelly's Circus Hub on the Meadows, EdinburghUsing their own bodies as gymnastic apparatus, the Australian troupe perform an immensely skilful and physical show about trust and control Y…
Assembly George Square Studios, EdinburghFeeling flows and solidifies between the characters in Isabella Waldron's mature and tender love story Isabella Waldron's delicate play stages an unu…
Summerhall, EdinburghComposer Greg Sinclair's ingenious musical palette provides variety and charm in this performance by a young local cast The most striking visual image in this show is cr…
Dorfman theatre, LondonPersonal, political and polemical, this intensely moving play about disability and austerity challenges preconceptions As Francesca Martinez's urgent, funny and intens…
Watermill theatre, NewburyNew production reshapes the 1996 original set in rural Louisiana as a taut fable of faith and fear Andrew Lloyd Webber's most recent musical, Cinderella, morphed in…
Ustinov, BathThe veteran director's arrestingly visceral production honours the sheer strangeness of Shakespeare's late play One of Britain's most visionary directors, Deborah Warner, kicks …
Sadler's Wells, LondonA company of dancers from African countries deliver Bausch's shattering vision of Stravinsky with devastating force 'How would you dance if you knew you were going to d…
Children on stage can intensify the jeopardy in difficult dramas, but how it will affect them is a matter of growing concern for the industry Two young children cower before an avalanche " a…
At university, director Rebecca Taichman and playwright Paula Vogel were both drawn to Sholem Asch's 1907 sensation God of Vengeance. Their show about its controversy now hits London Books c…
The musicals sensation is starring as the troubled French chanteuse in the bawdy biodrama Piaf. How will she hit the high notes when she can't speak the language? Don't ever ask Jenna Russel…
Dynamic choreographer whose meteoric rise at the Royal Ballet was halted in the wake of sexual misconduct allegationsIn ballet, choreographic voices typically develop slowly, often followin…
The mentor to some of Britain's top performers believes the best acting comes from a childhood sense of playfulness " and is fraught with danger There's a famous yarn about Laurence Olivier …
New visa rules, taxes and transport restrictions are some of the hurdles British dance and theatre organisations must now overcome to tour Europe Brexit or Covid? Hardly a cheerful choice, b…
Tony Lidington spent 30 years with the anarchic Pierrotters. He recalls trading songs for mackerel " and lifting spirits with a little lockdown flea circus Let's start with a pierrot danglin…
With the industry on its knees and audiences running scared, a handful of creatives have pushed on with planned new venues, determined to rise to the current challenges of making theatre Is …
Stephen Sondheim and Leonard Bernstein's ballad, which yearns for a safe place where love abounds, reflects 50s America and endures today Earlier this month, as UK theatres prepared to shut …